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December 31, 2023
My sincere condolences to his family, friends and everyone who loved John Pilger. ~ DS
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John Pilger: The Betrayers of Julian Assange
Originally posted on March 12, 2023
Consortium News on Mar 11, 2023
Anthony Albanese was mouthing his favourite platitude, “enough is enough” long before he was elected prime minister of Australia last year. He gave many of us precious hope, including Julian’s family. As prime minister he added weasel words about “not sympathizing” with what Julian had done. Apparently we had to understand his need to cover his appropriated ass in case Washington called him to order.
We knew it would take exceptional political if not moral courage for Albanese to stand up in the Australian Parliament — the same Parliament that will disport itself before Joe Biden in May — and say:
“As prime minister, it is my government’s responsibility to bring home an Australian citizen who is clearly the victim of a great, vindictive injustice: a man who has been persecuted for the kind of journalism that is a true public service, a man who has not lied, or deceived — like so many of his counterfeit in the media, but has told people the truth about how the world is run.”
“I call on the United States,” a courageous and moral Prime Minister Albanese might say, “to withdraw its extradition application: to end the malign farce that has stained Britain’s once-admired courts of justice and to allow the release of Julian Assange unconditionally to his family. For Julian to remain in his cell at Belmarsh is an act of torture, as the United Nations rapporteur has called it. It is how a dictatorship behaves.”
Anything to Say? Assange, Snowden & Manning Statues in Sydney
Consortium News on Mar 11, 2023
The three bronze statues that have been touring the world have arrived in Assange’s home country, where John Shipton, John Pilger, David McBride and other speakers demanded the prime minister tell Joe Biden to release the WikiLeaks publisher.
See also:
The Betrayers of Julian Assange, by John Pilger (transcript of speech)
From the archives:
John Pilger: The State of the UK Media, and The Resilience of Julian Assange
John Pilger: The Supreme Court Refusal to Hear Julian Assange’s Appeal
Palestine Is Still The Issue by John Pilger
John Pilger: The Coming War On China (must-see)
Why The Documentary Must Not Be Allowed To Die by John Pilger + Vietnam: The Quiet Mutiny
John Pilger: War by Other Means (1992)
John Pilger: Palestine Is Still The Issue (2002)
John Pilger: Return to Year Zero + Year Zero: The Silent Death Of Cambodia
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A wonderful journalist who gave many a view of what journalism is as a seeker of truth. John was a gifted mentor.
So agree, Dennis.
Very sad to hear this news. John was a tremendous contributor to the struggle for a better world.
I’m very sad, too. Pilger was the finest journalist in the world, imo.